Yeah, nothing serious though, I read something that suggested he'd be ok for today but obviously he didn't quite make it. He injured himself in training.
Soucek seems to be playing back on the right of a midfield 3 today, after a couple of games more on the left. Paqueta is on the left, with Rice central and a bit deeper.
really is a poor game, neither side could hit a barn door at present but Wolves at least can ping the ball about and work some positions. West Ham in hoof mode playing like a League 1 team against a PL team to just get the ball as far away from the goal as possible and hoping for a mistake from the Wolves back line than trying to work something.
We’ve had 33% of possession and 1 shot, 0 corners to their 6 attempts and 3 corners. We seem to just be intent on trying not to lose. It’s easy to see why they’ve only scored 5 in 9 home games but if they had a bit more guile in the final third they’ll likely score. We don’t look like scoring at all but I hope I’m proved wrong.
Interesting stat put up earlier we’ve lost 11 of our first 18 games which is our joint worst ever in the top flight, even worse than some of our relegation seasons.
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Jimenez and Traore on the bench, Costa nowhere to be seen
Can see why he's never scored a goal for us
Wolves seemed to have enough people back but was a big chance
Should Declan Rice ever take free kicks, corners or penalties? Discuss
Antonio has got little success with whatever he's tried.
A half to forget.
Will he?
Brought back in and I'm reading he's at fault for the goal?